Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-19 Thread Joe Novak
egular x86 image I managed to load on my hosted > providers structure from CD image. > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Joe Novak > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 19, 2015 4:01 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing > > >

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-19 Thread Mike Hammett
ubject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing And by CHR I mean just a regular x86 image I managed to load on my hosted providers structure from CD image. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Joe Novak Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 4:01 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Tes

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-19 Thread Mike Hammett
gust 19, 2015 4:54:26 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing Oh, that would be nice. I have a CHR already loaded as an image on nearly bare metal at my hosting company. Wasn’t too hard, but I’m sure the drivers and stuff don’t take advantage of the ability to dynamically add/remove CPU, M

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-19 Thread Sterling Jacobson
And by CHR I mean just a regular x86 image I managed to load on my hosted providers structure from CD image. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Joe Novak Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 4:01 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing we tried to test the 10Gbps

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-19 Thread Joe Novak
t; > So that would be welcome if they work towards that with CHR! > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Mike Hammett > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 19, 2015 11:51 AM > > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing > > > > Cloud

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-19 Thread Sterling Jacobson
would be welcome if they work towards that with CHR! From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 11:51 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing Cloud Hosted Router. It's a branch of ROS with drivers and other support specif

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-19 Thread Mike Hammett
ntelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com - Original Message - From: "Keefe John" To: af@afmug.com Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 11:50:03 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing Whats the CHR? On 8/1

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-19 Thread Keefe John
rnet-exchange><https://twitter.com/mdwestix> *From: *"Faisal Imtiaz" *To: *af@afmug.com *Sent: *Tuesday, August 18, 2015 9:10:26 AM *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing A couple of quick thought for both of your.. Chuck & Forrest.. 1)

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-18 Thread Mike Hammett
: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 9:10:26 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing A couple of quick thought for both of your.. Chuck & Forrest.. 1) Most folks overlook or not aware of the Packet Generator / Traffic Generator tool in Mikrotik http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Tools/

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-18 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net > From: "Josh Luthman" > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 10:18:28 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing > X86 requires a license. Features aren't limited but number of tunn

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-18 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
63-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net > From: "Chuck McCown" > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 10:15:40 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing > Are the tools part of the ROS? > Cost? > From: Faisal Imtiaz > Sent: Tuesday, Aug

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-18 Thread Josh Luthman
; >>> Are the tools part of the ROS? >>> Cost? >>> >>> *From:* Faisal Imtiaz >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 18, 2015 8:10 AM >>> *To:* af@afmug.com >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing >>> >>> A couple of quick

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-18 Thread Mathew Howard
e: > >> Are the tools part of the ROS? >> Cost? >> >> *From:* Faisal Imtiaz >> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 18, 2015 8:10 AM >> *To:* af@afmug.com >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing >> >> A couple of quick thought for both of your.. Chuck &

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-18 Thread Josh Luthman
Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Aug 18, 2015 10:15 AM, "Chuck McCown" wrote: > Are the tools part of the ROS? > Cost? > > *From:* Faisal Imtiaz > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 18, 2015 8:10 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing > > A couple

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-18 Thread Chuck McCown
Are the tools part of the ROS? Cost? From: Faisal Imtiaz Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 8:10 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing A couple of quick thought for both of your.. Chuck & Forrest.. 1) Most folks overlook or not aware of the Packet Generator / Traffic Gener

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-18 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net > From: "Chuck McCown" > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 9:13:32 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing > I use something similar now. But only have one. An

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-18 Thread Chuck McCown
I use something similar now. But only have one. And it is a bit slow. Considering what Forrest is building. Will try the MT router initially and see what happens. From: Jon Langeler Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 8:15 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing This might be

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Daniel White
.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 3:41 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing I looked at them years ago, I think I may have purchased something from them, some wireless card. But the whole tech support in Latvia thing put me off. We were pretty

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Jon Langeler
This might be faster: http://www.t3innovation.com/netchaser http://fetest.com/product/06-netprobe-2000-gige/ Otherwise next up is Fluke or JDSU Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 17, 2015, at 3:51 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > > Demand for our GigE surge suppressor has been growing such that I am now >

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Paul Stewart
[mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 7:55 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing They are there, but usually not the best suited for the roll. If I were to replace my MTs with anything, it'd be Telco Systems for CE. The re

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread TJ Trout
Chuck, RB2011 is probably not the best one to use, first it's excessively costly for what your using it for (you don't need ten ports). also it's cpu is so small that you can't run any tests over about 80mbps tcp. so you can probably only check the negotiated speed... If you had two decent computer

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Forrest Christian (List Account)
I'm in the process of building a multiport tester myself. I'll be using servers with pcie ethernet cards. Each server will be able to move full duplex random and/or known hard data between them. My desire is to stream 1gpbs between them for 30 seconds, in full duplex across all ports on a poe d

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Mike Hammett
l.com Midwest Internet Exchange http://www.midwest-ix.com - Original Message - From: "Paul Stewart" To: af@afmug.com Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 6:48:48 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing They are a great option for lots of WISP’s but there are * many * that

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Paul Stewart
r.com/mdwestix> _ From: "Jaime Solorza" mailto:losguyswirel...@gmail.com> > To: "Animal Farm" mailto:af@afmug.com> > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 4:30:09 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing not everyone drinks the MT Kool Aide Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Archit

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Josh Luthman
10 seconds if possible. > > *From:* Josh Luthman > *Sent:* Monday, August 17, 2015 4:16 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing > > > What if you plug a dumb switch into the two ports. That should make the > traffic bar go up. > > I can't ima

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Josh Luthman
ngle router will work. If you run a speedtest to itself, it will only go > through the CPU. Just sayin. > > On 8/17/2015 3:16 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > > Would seeing the gigabit color be good enough to say that we have a good > circuit? > > *From:* Josh Luthman > *Sent:* Mon

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Chuck McCown
Yeah, we try to plug, test, unplug in about 10 seconds if possible. From: Josh Luthman Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 4:16 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing What if you plug a dumb switch into the two ports. That should make the traffic bar go up. I can't imagine t

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Chuck McCown
Good to know. We will see if the router can do a test. If it fails if we unplug it then it is making the whole trip. Or we can get two of these routers. From: George Skorup Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 4:07 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing My experience with GigE

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread George Skorup
8/17/2015 3:16 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: Would seeing the gigabit color be good enough to say that we have a good circuit? *From:* Josh Luthman <mailto:j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> *Sent:* Monday, August 17, 2015 2:13 PM *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Gig

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Duncan Scott
015 1:01 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: Surge suppressors. For data throughput. One of several tests. *From:* Josh Luthman <mailto:j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> *Sent:* Monday, August 17, 2015 2:00 PM *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing What are yo

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Ken Hohhof
, “Carrier Class” goes through the expensive tester? (getting sillier toward the end) From: Sterling Jacobson Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 2:54 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing Probably two laptops, doesn’t need to be anything fancy, my 2006 Lenovo X60 with GigE port does

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Sean Heskett
nternet Exchange > http://www.midwest-ix.com > > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > -- > *From: *"Chuck McCown" > *To: *

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Chuck McCown
Yeah, I loved it when Canopy NAT came along. From: Josh Luthman Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 3:33 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing Canopy had a NAT mode which did enable a DHCP server. It also worked as a PPPOE client! Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Chuck McCown
: "Chuck McCown" To: af@afmug.com Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 3:02:34 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing I am pretty ignorant as to the abilities of any Mikrotic device. Can you enlighten me? -Original Message- From: Matt Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 2:01 PM To: af@afmug.com S

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Josh Luthman
tix> > -- > *From: *"Chuck Hogg" > *To: *af@afmug.com > *Sent: *Monday, August 17, 2015 4:26:07 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing > > He never left canopy land. > > Regards, > Chuck > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 5:

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Mike Hammett
"Animal Farm" Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 4:30:09 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing not everyone drinks the MT Kool Aide Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Architect 915-861-1390 On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Mike Hammett < af...@ics-il.net > wrote: How could you

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Mike Hammett
nt: Monday, August 17, 2015 4:26:07 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing He never left canopy land. Regards, Chuck On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 5:23 PM, Mike Hammett < af...@ics-il.net > wrote: How could you have been a WISP and not dealt with Mikrotik at all? - Mike Hamm

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Jaime Solorza
et Exchange > http://www.midwest-ix.com > > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > -- > *From: *"Chuck McCown" > *To: *af@afmug.

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Chuck Hogg
lt;https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > -- > *From: *"Chuck McCown" > *To: *af@afmug.com > *Sent: *Monday, August 17, 2015 3:0

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Mike Hammett
nt: Monday, August 17, 2015 3:02:34 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing I am pretty ignorant as to the abilities of any Mikrotic device. Can you enlighten me? -Original Message- From: Matt Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 2:01 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing > I

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Mike Hammett
m Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 2:55:57 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing I am wondering if I got a GigE managed switch, could I see some phy data speeds by looking at its management interface? From: Sterling Jacobson Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 1:54 PM To: af@afmug.com Subj

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Chuck McCown
that. -Original Message- From: Jay Weekley Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 2:47 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing Glad business is good. Chuck McCown wrote: Demand for our GigE surge suppressor has been growing such that I am now limited by my test station

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Jay Weekley
Glad business is good. Chuck McCown wrote: Demand for our GigE surge suppressor has been growing such that I am now limited by my test station throughput. Any ideas on how to test a GigE device go-nogo without buying more big dollar testers (which I currently use)? It needs to be fast and show

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Chuck McCown
rb2011 ordered Thanks everyone. From: Josh Luthman Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 2:32 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing IMO Take a new design. Make it pass a gig of traffic, ideally with small packets. Once the design is done, any reproductions should just make sure

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Josh Luthman
quot;Chuck McCown" wrote: > Would seeing the gigabit color be good enough to say that we have a good > circuit? > > *From:* Josh Luthman > *Sent:* Monday, August 17, 2015 2:13 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing > > > Yup. Get a

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Chuck McCown
I just want to make sure if I tested it and said it works, that my customer doesn’t have a different experience. From: Jaime Solorza Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 2:24 PM To: Animal Farm Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing but he is an engineerhe needs cool lights flickering on and off

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Jaime Solorza
8/17/2015 3:16 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > > Would seeing the gigabit color be good enough to say that we have a good > circuit? > > *From:* Josh Luthman > *Sent:* Monday, August 17, 2015 2:13 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing > > > Yup. Get

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Simon Westlake
t. On 8/17/2015 3:16 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: Would seeing the gigabit color be good enough to say that we have a good circuit? *From:* Josh Luthman <mailto:j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> *Sent:* Monday, August 17, 2015 2:13 PM *To:* af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com> *Subject:* Re: [AFM

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Chuck McCown
Would seeing the gigabit color be good enough to say that we have a good circuit? From: Josh Luthman Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 2:13 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing Yup. Get an rb2011. Plug ether1 to 2 with a SS between. You'll see link, one color is gigabit.

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Josh Luthman
ent: Monday, August 17, 2015 2:06 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing > > Most (if not all) the mikrotik routers have a built in Bandwidth test > (server > or client, selectable). Believe they do UDP or TCP, send, receive or both. > > -- > Larry Smit

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Jaime Solorza
Airaya has a free tool you can download to set up one laptop as server and another as client and measure bandwidth. I used at district to test between IDF and MDF rooms with copper and fiber. Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Architect 915-861-1390 On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 1:51 PM, Chuck McCown wr

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Chuck McCown
So, could I use two ports of a Mikrotik router and make it do a bi-directional test? I presume they have a CLI or do they have a GUI? -Original Message- From: Larry Smith Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 2:06 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing Most (if not all) the

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Chuck McCown
2:05 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing Like to make sure it does gigabit speeds? Testing new models? Wouldn't it be as simple as clicking in and seeing the device negotiate at 1G? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Larry Smith
tic device. > Can you enlighten me? > > -Original Message- > From: Matt > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 2:01 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing > > > I am wondering if I got a GigE managed switch, could I see some phy data > > speeds

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Josh Luthman
wrote: > Surge suppressors. For data throughput. One of several tests. > > *From:* Josh Luthman > *Sent:* Monday, August 17, 2015 2:00 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing > > > What are you testing exactly? > > Josh Luthman > Office:

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Chuck McCown
Surge suppressors. For data throughput. One of several tests. From: Josh Luthman Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 2:00 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing What are you testing exactly? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Chuck McCown
I am pretty ignorant as to the abilities of any Mikrotic device. Can you enlighten me? -Original Message- From: Matt Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 2:01 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing I am wondering if I got a GigE managed switch, could I see some phy data

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Matt
> I am wondering if I got a GigE managed switch, could I see some phy data > speeds by looking at its management interface? > Why not just a Mikrotik CCR? > > > Demand for our GigE surge suppressor has been growing such that I am now > limited by my test station throughput. > > > > Any ideas on

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Josh Luthman
gement interface? > > *From:* Sterling Jacobson > *Sent:* Monday, August 17, 2015 1:54 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing > > > Probably two laptops, doesn’t need to be anything fancy, my 2006 Lenovo > X60 with GigE port does the full 950Mbps

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Chuck McCown
I am wondering if I got a GigE managed switch, could I see some phy data speeds by looking at its management interface? From: Sterling Jacobson Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 1:54 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing Probably two laptops, doesn’t need to be anything fancy, my

Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Sterling Jacobson
Probably two laptops, doesn't need to be anything fancy, my 2006 Lenovo X60 with GigE port does the full 950Mbps TCP. From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 1:52 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] GigE Testing Demand for our GigE

[AFMUG] GigE Testing

2015-08-17 Thread Chuck McCown
Demand for our GigE surge suppressor has been growing such that I am now limited by my test station throughput. Any ideas on how to test a GigE device go-nogo without buying more big dollar testers (which I currently use)? It needs to be fast and show speeds in both directions. Have consid